Fluminense Republican Party

The Fluminense Republican Party (PRF) was a liberal political party in Brazil which was active from 1888 to 1937. It was intended to represent the republican and oligarchic ideals of Rio de Janeiro, and the abolition of slavery gave the party new membership and political strength. The PRF had important influence in the political scene of the State of Rio de Janeiro, administering it directly or through dissident politicians between 1888 and Getulio Vargas' revolution in 1930. Like all of the parties of the "old" First Brazilian Republic, the PRF was extinguished after the start of the Vargas Era in 1937.